Smith wins on Biscayne Bay

Steve Girling reports from the Etchells Mid Winter Series

Tuesday January 13th 2004, Author: Steve Girling, Location: United States
Jud Smith and Henry Frazer dominated the second regatta of the Etchells Mid-Winter series, sponsored by Alpine Jaguar over the weekend of January 10th and 11th on Biscayne Bay, FL. Smith scored 1,2,2,1 and discarded a 10th to win the Sid Doren Memorial Regatta. Phil Garland was second and Robbie Doyle, sailing with sons Tyler and Ethan were third in this 50 boat fleet. Cool and blustery conditions were a feature of Saturday’s racing, but that didn’t stop the class superstars from finding their A-game. Smith scored 1,2 in the first two races whilst Dennis Conner scored 1,3 in races two and three. Phil Garland won the first day with an impressive 3,3,1 score-line.

Sunday’s forecast was for a sunny 20-25 knots, but the first race of the day saw no more than 12 knots. Mike Toppa won the first race convincingly from Smith, whilst Smith won the last race from Steve Girling followed by Garland in spectacular 20+ knot conditions. The race committee excelled throughout this challenging weekend and should be congratulated for their tremendous performance.

Competitors return to the Biscayne Bay Y.C. for the Florida State Championships and Mid-Winters in early February where more than 70 boats are expected to compete for these prestigious titles.

Boat Name Owner R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Points
1 Twelve Twenty One USA 151 Jud Smith 1 2 10 2 1 6
Henry Frazer
2 Dorado USA 1070 Phil Garland 3 3 1 4 3 10
3 No Time IV USA 1233 Robbie Doyle 4 6 9 7 14 26
4 Swedish Blue GBR 1148 Ante Razmilovic 12 9 4 9 5 27
5 Buzzard USA 1001 Mike Toppa 18 14 2 1 13 30
6 Lionheart USA 1200 Steve Girling 6 23 17 6 2 31
7 Menace USA 1259 Dennis Conner 13 1 3 15 27 32
8 Baguette USA 1220 Hugh Jones 8 12 27 5 7 32
9 Lucky USA 1178 Bryon Ehrhart 38 16 14 3 8 41
Aaron Housten
10 Pied Piper USA 1261 Tom Piper 5 15 13 22 9 42

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